All Chapters of No Longer His Ugly Wife: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

Niki’s POVThinking about the hurt and aggression in Alaric’s voice still weighed heavy on me. Remembering the look of anguish in his eyes and the fact that I was the root cause of it was hurtful. “Earth to Niki, hello?” Livia’s voice rang through my ears in a sing-song voice, laced with annoyance. I bashfully snapped out of my reverie. “Sorry, just-got distracted for a sec.” I walked over to the wedding dress at the far end of the bridal shop, hoping to avoid further conversation on the subject. “Clearly,” she murmured impatiently. “It better be about how beautiful this wedding is going to be.” I sighed. Of course it wasn’t, but I wasn’t going to tell her that. “Yea, sure.” “Yeah? Sure?” she stopped next to me, her hands on her hips, frowning. “What is going on with you? Everything is literally going better than we could have ever imagined, and now you’re standing here frowning and angsty? What the hell is wrong with you?” she spat, while casually picking up an insanely expens

Alaric’s POVShe was wearing an elegant, yet sensible black dress, her hair tucked back into a neat bun with tendrils to the side and in her face. “Alaric?” The expression on her face was surprised, but I wasn’t sure whether it was pleasant or unpleasant.We were going through a divorce after all. “Lucy, what are you doing here?” “Working,” she chuckled bashfully, her hand moving slightly. It was then that I noticed the tablet in her hand. “You-” I looked around. “You’re working the Locke Gala?” I asked.“Don’t seem so surprised,” she chuckled. “I-I’m sorry,” I laughed. “That came out wrong. I-I just mean…you work fast.” Before I knew it, I was standing barely a foot away from her. “This is amazing. Congratulations!”She smiled.”Thank you.” Lucy looked around. “Yeah, one of his higher ups is a regular of mine. He brought his boss a treat and it was smooth sailing from there,” she shrugged. “In fact, he’s thinking of adding my company as a permanent fixture at their events.”Lucy l

Alaric’s POVYou could cut the tension between Lucy and Livia with a knife. “Well, I should get going,” Lucy said, her gaze never leaving mine after the finality in those words she’d said.Waiting for the ink to dry. Those words were clearly meant for me.“You all have a good night.” she said and left with her assistant in tow.“We should get going as well,” I quickly added. “I hope that we could discuss potential business endeavors further at your discretion Mr. Locke.” He nodded, but I could see the reluctance in his stance as he did. When Livia and I started off, he grabbed my arm.“Mr. Kingsley,” he said. “Word of advice.” “I’m listening.”“You might want to rethink the company you keep when it comes to women. Because that one right there, has no substance.” He gave me his card. “We’ll talk. Thanks to your soon-to-be ex-wife.” he walked off. “And leave the Simmons girl at home, will ya?” I walked out of the building, experiencing a tornado of emotions-most of them negative. Fl

Lucy’s POVAs I stepped into Whisk & Bloom, I was instantly wrapped in the familiar scent of warm vanilla, caramelized sugar, and subtle fruity aromas.“Lucy! What are you doing here?” Amanda approached just as I started to greet the hostess.I greeted her with a big smile. “Just came to see my favorite pastry chef! See how everything’s going.” Amanda embraced me. “Everything’s going fine over here. You’re the one with all the drama going on.”“No drama really,” I said. “Just waiting for Alaric to make everything official.”“Hm,” said Amanda. “You don’t seem to be too happy about that judging by the tone,” she teased.I sighed. “It’s fine.” I lied.And she was well aware. “Except it’s not.” She touched my arm and led me out of the middle of the restaurant and towards the back. When we were alone, she asked. “So, tell me what’s really going on.”I shrugged. “Really, nothing,” I said. “Things are going great, you know? I just scored an amazing contract with a lucrative company, mom-she

Lucy’s POVI got out of the car. “What do you mean? Of-of course, I’m okay. Why wouldn’t I be-”“Niki told me about what Liv said-”“Oh gosh, why did she tell?!” I hissed. He didn’t need to know that I was a little paranoid. Judging by the look in his eyes, I knew he’d go completely overboard. “What do you mean?” he said incredulously. “She threatened you, Luce!”“Oh come on, Alaric-we both know your sister is overdramatic. It’s probably nothing. But you coming here like this doesn’t help anything if it is.” I reasoned.“Lucy, you need to keep detail.” “Alaric, no.” I outright refused. “I’m not going to have a security guard hovering over me like some chastised child. You know I hate that.” “Lucy, I’m not here to argue with you. The last thing that I want to do is make you feel like a supervised child,” Alaric stated. “But even you have to admit that this is serious.”I rolled my eyes. “I told your sister and I’m going to tell you, Livia Simmons doesn’t scare me, Alaric.”“But Lucy